Kingdom Animalia Order Passeriformes Genus Megalurulus Higher classification Megalurulus | Phylum Chordata Superfamily Sylvioidea Scientific name Megalurulus whitneyi Rank Species | |
Family Locustellidae (see text) Similar Megalurulus, Kretschmer's longbill, Bangwa forest warbler, Black‑necked eremomela, Long‑tailed bush warbler | ||
The Melanesian thicketbird or Guadalcanal thicketbird (Megalurulus whitneyi) is a bird species. It used to be placed in the "Old World warbler" family Sylviidae, but it does not seem to be a close relative of the typical warblers; probably it belongs in the grass warbler family Locustellidae. It is found on two Pacific Ocean islands; Guadacanal in the Solomon Islands and Espiritu Santo in Vanuatu.
The Melanesian thicketbird is around 16.5 cm long, a slender bird with long legs and a long tail.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
It used to be considered conspecific with the New Britain thicketbird and the Bougainville thicketbird.
References
Melanesian thicketbird Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA